房屋
HSK 3 (2021)
房屋 (fángwū) · house
房屋 (fángwū) means “house; building”. It is written with 2 characters: 房 (building) + 屋 (building). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 房屋 is built
The characters
房 fáng · building
What 房 is made of
- 户hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
屋 wū · building
What 屋 is made of
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 至zhì — reach
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂) (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这些房屋都很旧了。Zhèxiē fángwū dōu hěn jiù le.These houses are all very old.
这里的房屋价格高吗？Zhèlǐ de fángwū jiàgé gāo ma?Are house prices high here?
Questions about 房屋
What does 房屋 mean?
房屋 (fángwū) means “house; building”.
How do you pronounce 房屋?
房屋 is pronounced fángwū.
Which HSK level is 房屋?
房屋 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 房子fángzihouse
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 房东fángdōnglandlord
- 房租fángzūrent
- 厨房chúfángkitchen
- 健身房jiànshēnfánggym
- 屋子wūziroom
Learn 房屋 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 91: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.